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Introduction

Controversies

Development of the Binet Test

Mental Age

How IQ Is Computed

Predicting the Rate of Mental Development

Shortcomings of the Early Binet Tests

The early Binet tests discriminated well between average and below-average children of all ages. The intelligence of above-average young persons beyond about 8 years, however, was not well measured.

The reason for this lies in the fact that the rapid mental growth in children slows up noticeably by the age of 13 and has leveled off by 15 or 16. As a person matures beyond this age he continues to amass knowledge, improve his skills,…

The Stanford-Binet Revisions

Derived IQ Scores

Development of Wechsler-Bellevue Scale

Group Intelligence Testing

Theories About Intelligence

Interpreting Test Results

Predicting from Test Results

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